Glenn v. State ex rel. Clore

This was a prosecution for bastardy commenced, on the relation of Margaret Clore, against the appellant, before a justice of the peace. The examination before the justice resulted in the discharge of the appellant, and an appeal was taken by the State to the common pleas, where the cause was tried in October, 1870, before Judge Test, then judge of the 12th judicial circuit, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, as follows: “ We, the jury, find that William Glenn is the father of the bastard child as charged in the complaint.” The only complaint in the cause was the affidavit filed…